Kenya Programs and Projects

Health

Chogoria Hospital, established in 1923 by a Church of Scotland missionary, is now owned by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. Situated 140 miles northeast of Nairobi, the hospital and its surrounding clinics serve a population of 450,000 people. Approximately 13,000 inpatients and 67,000 outpatients are seen annually and almost 1,400 major operations are carried out. Thirty-one outlying clinics are served by the Chogoria Hospital Community Health staff. Emphasis is placed upon family planning and infant care.

Kikuyu Hospital

Kikuyu Hospital, the oldest mission hospital in Kenya, was established in 1908 by Scottish Presbyterian missionaries. The hospital, operated by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, is some 25 km. from the center of Nairobi. A Kenyan doctor provides full-time ophthalmological care at Kikuyu not only for the immediate community surrounding the hospital but throughout Kenya. His is the largest service in the hospital. The hospital has a Community Based Health Care Program at the hospital and in four surrounding communities.

Rehabilitation Center of Kikuyu Hospital

The goal of the rehabilitation center at Kikuyu Hospital is to assist the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) to provide an opportunity for physically disabled persons to move from dependency toward independence through programs of surgical, physical, social, spiritual and vocational rehabilitation. The Kikuyu Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center is a pioneer project that ministers to tens of thousands of children and adults from across Kenya and parts of Tanzania. It also serves refugees coming from Somalia and Sudan.

Self-Development

In 2007 the PC(USA) Self-Development of People program made the following grant:

Mbukima Self Help Group $15,000 
This is a co-operative project to construct 100 individual concrete water tanks to collect rain water from individual roofs and provide clean water for the village families.